
Phone: 07401 097776
Email: [email protected]
Dr. Peter Alexander Cairns
Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society
Registered with the Health and Care Professions Council
Relevant experience and skills
2012 – present Independent psychological work.
1. Independent legal work commissioned by the family courts.
2. Provision of individual psychological assessment, formulation and therapy.
From January 2023
Clinical Psychologist,
Autism assessment and diagnostic service,
Psychology Clinic of East Anglia, Norwich.
2012 – 2022
Assessments for Educational Psychology and Specialist Support (EPSS), Norfolk County Council.
April 2006 – March 2019
Clinical Psychologist, Norfolk & Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, based in Great Yarmouth (Norfolk), Lowestoft (Suffolk), and surrounding areas.
July 2010 – March 2019 Child, Family & Young Person Mental Health Services.
Lead psychologist since 2013.
March 2006 – July 2010 Clinical Psychologist, Adult Mental Health Services.
April 2004 – March 2006 Clinical Psychologist, Oxleas NHS Trust, London.
Further Education
1991 – 1994 University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne
B.A. (Hons.) Degree in Psychology Grade 2(I)
1999 – 2000 University of Bristol
MSc. in Research Methods in Psychology
2001 – 2004 Salomons / South Thames Clinical Psychology Training Scheme
Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
2007 – 2009 North Thames CAT Training Course
Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Analytic Therapy (CAT)
Recent Training
November 2018 – January 2019 Cambridge Centre for Attachment
Meaning of the Child training – A procedure for assessing and understanding parent-child relationships in ‘at-risk’ families (6 days)
I am accredited as a reliable coder in using this methodology
December 2019 Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust, London (Crittenden & Landini)
Attachment, Neurodevelopment, and Psychopathology (3 days)
January 2020 – February 2020 Anna Freud Centre, London
Stem Stories Assessment Profile training – A clinical tool for examining young children’s mental representations of attachment and relationships (3 days)
I am accredited as a reliable coder in using this methodology
November 2021 Anna Freud Centre, London
Child Triangulation Processes – A new, child-centered framework for understanding resistance to contact (Webinar).
September 2022 British Psychological Society
Expert Witness Conference 2022 (Webinar)
March - September 2023 Family Relations Institute
Adult Attachment Interview training (18 days)
Research & Publications
Additional roles
Between August 2018 and July 2021, I was on the Board of Trustees at the St Barnabas Centre in Norwich. This organization offers low-cost counseling and psychotherapy to people in the local community.
From 2016 to 2019, I facilitated seminar groups for trainees on the Doctoral Clinical Psychology Programme, at the University of East Anglia.
Professional registration
I am a Clinical Psychologist registered with the Health Professions Council (registration number PYL03312) and the British Psychological Society (membership number 125771).